True Life Library #17

Lily falls in love with a sailor, but learns her father is being blackmailed and she must marry the blackmailer to keep her father out of prison. The sailor returns from his tour, planning to marry Lily but discovers she is already married. It soon becomes clear that her husband is involved in more than just blackmail and when she discovers him dead behind the settee, she is suspected of killing him. A jury finds her not guilty of murder, but she still feels she must find the real killer to clear her name.